THE GAITHERSBURG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Gaithersburg city has 10.3 square miles of land in Montgomery County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Gaithersburg and Montgomery County
Gaithersburg is associated with Montgomery County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Gaithersburg by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Gaithersburg, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 2.7% recorded for Montgomery County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gaithersburg city has 30.8 times the land area of nearby Washington Grove town (0.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

